# Odyssey runs a connectome-based fruit fly brain inside its Odyssey-3 world model, with no paper to back the demonstration

The company has not said which connectome it used or how the frames generated by its world model reach the simulated fly's sensory inputs.

- Published: 2026-10-19T06:14:35.233Z
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Odyssey on X](https://x.com/odysseyml/status/2111589148146749616), [Traictory](https://traictory.com/news/2026-10-19-fly-brain-odyssey-3-world-model), [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/odyssey-3-is-a-new-generative-world-model-that-you-can-try-for-free/)

Odyssey, a world-model startup, says it has connected a software model of a fruit fly's brain to Odyssey-3 and that the simulated insect now moves through generated virtual worlds on its own, AI ML Big Data reported. The company announced t…

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